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A CARE assistant accused of sexually abusing elderly patients may have worked in hospitals and nursing homes across the Lothians. The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was suspended by senior staff at Edinburgh’s Liberton hospital after concerns that he may have assaulted a female stroke victim in her eighties. He appeared at Edinburgh sheriff court on Wednesday and has been released on bail.

Cemetery attack

A MAN was attacked by a gang of youths in a Glasgow cemetery. The victim and his girlfriend were surrounded by about 15 teenagers who struck the man in the face and on the head. He was later treated and discharged.

Canoeists rescued

THREE canoeists were rescued at the entrance to Belfast Lough yesterday after getting lost in the fog. The party from Peterhead were on their way to Donaghadee, Co Down, from Portpatrick.